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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pebble Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Beach and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Pebble Beach:
    • 48.066484, -122.387369
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pebble Beach
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Pebble Beach ...

We found eight communities that share the name Pebble Beach.

Within Washington, the name Pebble Beach is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Monterey County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the south of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Pebble Beach.
    • Illinois
      • Grundy County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Pebble Beach.
    • Manitoba
      • This Pebble Beach lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 2,422 miles [3,897.8 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pebble Beach.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County and lies 2,163 miles [3,481 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pebble Beach.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Carteret County and lies 2,482 miles [3,994.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Pebble Beach.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Horry County and lies 2,438 miles [3,923.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Island County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pebble Beach.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pebble Beach [Collin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble Beach ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Freeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenbank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Harbor Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Center
    • Harbor Center is located in Island County
  • John Sam Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Sam Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sam Lake
    • John Sam Lake is located in Snohomish County
  • Mission Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Beach
    • Mission Beach is located in Snohomish County
  • Priest Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Priest Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priest Point
    • Priest Point is located in Snohomish County
  • Shaker Church
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Church have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Church
    • Shaker Church is located in Snohomish County
  • Sunlight Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunlight Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight Beach
    • Sunlight Beach is located in Island County
  • Sunny Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Shores
    • Sunny Shores is located in Snohomish County
  • Warm Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Beach
    • Warm Beach is located in Snohomish County

How Far From Pebble Beach to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pebble Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pebble Beach and extending to:

  • Coupeville, which is the Seat of Island County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Beach to Coupeville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,505 miles [12,078.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pebble Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Island County: www.islandcounty.net/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pebble Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pebble Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0665, Longitude: -122.3874       In this case, the coordinates for Pebble Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Pebble Beach could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Pebble Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.94 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.529 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.76 degrees.




 

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